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Biodiversity Pages

Species Extinction

  1. Mass extinctions: The Armageddon factor 2007
  2. Medical plants 'face extinction' 2008
  3. A disaster to take everyone's breath away BBC 2006
  4. Stopping the next extinction wave BBC 2006
  5. 'Critical danger' warning on fish BBC 2006
  6. Extinction alert for 800 species
  7. Life's diversity 'being depleted' BBC 2006
  8. New species found in Papua 'Eden' BBC 2006
  9. Hidden Garden of Eden wilts as Earth warms New Sci 2006
  10. Britains plants conservation behind target BBC 2006
  11. Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat Jul 27, 2007
  12. More species slide to extinction BBC 2006
  13. New Red List paints bleak picture of extinction New Sci 2006
  14. Himalayan forests are quietly vanishing New Sci 2006
  15. Warming set to 'devastate' coral BBC 2006
  16. Maize and Bananas in genetic crisis New Sci 2006
  17. Rainforests still at great risk BBC 2006
  18. Bullfrog linked to frog fungus threat BBC 2006
  19. Fishing major threat to turtles BBC 2006
  20. Albatross numbers take steep dive BBC 2006
  21. Giant Mekong catfish off the hook BBC 2006
  22. 'Hope for coral' as oceans warm BBC 2006
  23. Bush creates new marine sanctuary BBC 2006
  24. Bird extinction rates far worse than realised New Sci 2006
  25. Long-haul birds 'returning early' BBC 2006
  26. Doomsday vault to avert world famine New Sci 2006
  27. Extinction fear for black rhino BBC 2006
  28. UK butterfly species down to 56 BBC 2006
  29. World 'needs new wildlife body' BBC 2006
  30. Rare blue butterfly returns home BBC 2006

Deforestation

  1. Sierra Leone bans timber exports 2008
  2. Pressures build on Amazon jungle BBC 2008
  3. Brazil Amazon destruction slows BBC 2007
  4. Amazon deforestation 2006-2050 New Sci 2006
  5. Map of Intact World Forest Landscapes 2006
  6. Nonrandom Processes Maintain Diversity in Tropical Forests Science 2006
  7. Charcoal reveals wildfire history BBC 2006

Biofuels

  1. Shell in Hawaiian algae biofuel pilot Dec 2007
  2. EU rethinks biofuels guidelines 2008
  3. Grass biofuels 'cut CO2 by 94%' 2008
  4. Bog barons: Indonesia's carbon catastrophe 2007

Climate Change, Global Warming, and Ocean Rise

  1. Sea Level Estimates Big Rise 2008
  2. No links to Solar Activity 2008
  3. China biggest CO2 Polluter 2008
  4. Sea levels 'rising faster than predicted' 2007
  5. Rising seas 'to beat predictions' 2007
  6. Billions face climate change risk 2007
  7. Commentares from the Bali Climate Summit 2007
  8. Nature on Bali 2007
  9. The Tipping Point Science 2006
  10. Climate change 'real and severe' BBC 2006
  11. Backing for 'hockey stick' graph New Sci 2006
  12. Evolutionary Response to Rapid Climate Change Science 2006
  13. 'Clear' human impact on climate BBC 2006
  14. Global warming risk much higher BBC 2006
  15. No doubt about it the world is warming Science 2006
  16. Antarctic ice sheet is an 'awakened giant' New Sci 2006
  17. Antarctica losing ice to oceans BBC 2006
  18. No sign of increased snowfall in Antarctica Nature 2006
  19. Unexpected warming in Antarctica BBC 2006
  20. Significant Warming of the Antarctic Winter Troposphere Science 2006
  21. Antarctic birds 'breeding later' BBC 2006
  22. China and India 'hold the world in balance' New Sci 2006
  23. Sharp rise in CO2 levels recorded BBC 2006
  24. Consensus grows on climate change BBC 2006
  25. Curbing climate change 'unlikely' BBC 2006
  26. 'Major melt' for Alpine glaciers BBC 2006
  27. Greenland ice cap may be melting at triple speed New Scientist 2006
  28. Changes in the Velocity Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet Science 2006
  29. The Greenland Ice Sheet and Global Sea-Level Rise Science 2006
  30. Greenland ice swells ocean rise BBC 2006
  31. Greenland glacier races to ocean BBC 2005
  32. New analysis says global warming boosts hurricanes New Scientist 2006
  33. Ice Core Extends Climate Record Back 650,000 Years New Sci 2005
  34. CO2 'highest for 650,000 years' BBC 2005
  35. New analysis says global warming boosts hurricanes New Sci 2006
  36. A Worrying Trend of Less Ice, Higher Seas Science 2006
  37. Hitting the Ice Sheets Where It Hurts Science 2006
  38. Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice-Sheet Instability and Rapid Sea-Level Rise Science 2006
  39. Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Icefield Retreat in the Last Interglaciation Science 2006
  40. Methane burps disproved? New Sci 2006
  41. Plants revealed as methane source BBC 2006
  42. Air trends amplify warming BBC 2006
  43. North Atlantic Conveyor in Trouble 2006
  44. Ocean Currents Flip Out Nature 2006
  45. Greenhouse gas 'to rise by 52%' BBC 2005
  46. Earth 'on fast track' to warming BBC 2006
  47. Polar ice sheets show net loss BBC 2006
  48. A Sea Change Nature 2006
  49. Sea-level rise is quickening pace Nature 2006
  50. Sea level rise 'is accelerating' BBC 2006
  51. Delay expected in ozone recovery New Sci 2005
  52. Global warming weakens Pacific winds Nature 2006
  53. Monsoon gloom strikes South Asia New Sci 2006

Population

  1. Chinese fertility drugs challenge one-child policy May 27, 2007 Many Chinese take fertility drugs in the hope of a multiple pregnancy.
  2. Riots as women forced to undergo abortions May 28, 2007 Residents in a riot-torn county in south China admit they violated family planning policy, but say government retribution, including forced abortions, was illegal and excessive.
  3. China warns of population growth 7 May 2007 China's top family planning body has warned of a "population rebound" as couples flout one child policy rules.
  4. China 'to punish' two-child rich 1 March 2007.
  5. Japan birth rate shows rare rise 1 January 2007 The fertility rate - the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime - was expected to be 1.29 in 2006, compared to the record low of 1.26 in 2005. However, a rate of 2.1 is needed to prevent a population drop
  6. Large families 'bad for parents' 26 December 2006 The situation was worst for women, because they were affected by the physical costs of bearing the children. Fathers' mortality risk increased the more children they had, but never exceeded that of mothers.

Pollution

  1. China announces plastic bag ban 2008